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Narendra Modi In US: PM And I Are World Leaders In Social Media, Says Donald Trump At White House

Narendra Modi In US: PM And I Are World Leaders In Social Media, Says Donald Trump At White House
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President Donald Trump at the White House.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a joint statement with US President Donald Trump after holding delegation talks. PM Modi had arrived at the White House earlier today, where he was greeted by Trump and First Lady Melania. This was followed by a one-on-one meeting between the two leaders. The PM is on a three-day trip to US as part of his three-nation tour. This is PM Modi's fifth visit to the US, where he forged a close relationship with former US President Barack Obama and called the US "an indispensable partner". However, this is his first visit to US after the Trump administration came to power early this year.
 

Here are the highlights of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States:

Jun 26, 2017
01:03 (IST)
Will provide gas connections to 5 crore poor families, explains PM Modi

-In the next three years, we want to provide gas connections to 5 crore poor families. It hasn't been 10 months of the scheme and we have already provided connections to one crore households.

-We also transfer the subsidy directly into their bank accounts.

-When we opened bank accounts of the poor, they said, "You've opened accounts but there is no money". But we transferred the subsidy directly to accounts.

-Through Direct Benefit Transfer, we identified ghost accounts and saved a lot of money.

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